Political Quotes

“As a Roman Catholic, I find it interesting that Mr. Camp is a saint now that he is gone. I would like to remind my colleagues that Mr. Camp worked for several years on comprehensive tax reform with little help from the other side. When I say ``the other side,'' I mean the White House. It was 4 years into his chairmanship that he released a draft. The new chairman has been in the job for about 42 days, so let's give him some time to work on a comprehensive draft which he said and has continued to say that he can do while we make some important provisions that have been bipartisan that is about putting money in people's pockets. Everybody knows we have had the worst job recovery in my lifetime-- the worst. This provision has been around for a long, long time. We know it works--liberal economists, conservative economists--expensing works. It works for small businesses. Small businesses hire people. By the way, many small business owners and many farmers pay their taxes quarterly. Most of us have our taxes taken out of our paycheck every time we have a paycheck. Imagine the debate that we would be having on the floor today if every American had to send in their taxes quarterly. These small business owners and farmers are at the heart of our economy in trying to improve our economy--improve our economy, grow our economy, and hire more people. We are all for that. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”